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Tuesday, 08 September 2015      Euro Weekly News - Alerts Strong rains see one dead in Costa Tropical 61-YEAR-OLD man has drowned today (September 7) Casarones, Rubite (Costa Tropical) due to the strong rains. According to the authorities’ version, the man was a security guard in a greenhouse area....Read More Kayak trip to help raise funds for the AECC cancer charity FATHER and son team Dave and Mitch Bull are planning an epic kayak trip to help raise funds for the AECC cancer charity. Training is now under way for the 52-kilometre river row from Murcia to Guardamar...Read More Province on high alert for rain and storms The entire province of Valencia is on alert for heavy rains and storms after the Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET) issued a weather warning. Many towns throughout the province have already...Read More First gay police couple marry in Jerez de la Frontera GARBED in full dress uniform, two male members of the National Police were married at the Andalucía Royal Equestrian School in Jerez de la Frontera on Saturday September 5. The couple, who have...Read More Malaga City residents have had enough FOLLOWING what has been deemed a chaotic fair, residents in Malaga City centre have finally had enough of pavements resembling obstacle courses and are threatening to take the matter to court. In a written...Read More Almuñecar and La Herradura to become shelter town MAYOR of Almuñecar, Trinidad Herrera has announced the clear and explicit intention of the town’s local government to provide shelter for Syrian refugees. “The situation is of great...Read More German woman killed by bin lorry in Calvia A GERMAN tourist, 78, died in Calvia after being hit by a bin lorry. The events took place at around 3pm on the road between Cala Fornells and Peguera when the woman went to cross the road, just as the...Read More Better access to the fairgrounds GOING to the Adra fair will be easier than ever this year. The Adra Council is currently setting up a new access to the fairgrounds to facilitate the flow of traffic as well as avoid overcrowding of...Read More A cheap bid, but not necessarily a cheerful one AS expected, Alicante City Hall turned down developer Enrique Ortiz’s tender for the Environment Observatory contract. Ortiz’s tender for completing the unfinished building was dangerously...Read More Driver charged with double homicide Guardia Civil have charged a driver with a double homicide through reckless driving, after his car crossed the central reservation and collided with an oncoming van on the N-332 in Cullera, Alicante,...Read More One of the few remaining Spitfires crashes in field A VINTAGE Spitfire fighter plane crash-landed in a field in Kent on Monday September 7. According to Kent police, the aircraft made the emergency landing in Woodchurch, Ashford, at about 9.50am  Paramedics...Read More Smoking kills 166 per day in Spain THE most recent data on smoking trends in Spain has showed that even though the number of smokers has decreased, deaths related to smoking continue to rise.  In 2012, Spain reached its highest peak...Read More Alicante-Elche Airport leads the way for low-cost carriers ALICANTE-ELCHE Airport led the way this summer with the most flights offered by low-cost operators. The airport offered 77 connections and was above Malaga, Tenerife and Madrid-Barajas Airport in the...Read More Man dies in bachelor party in Almuñecar A 35-YEAR-OLD man died on Sunday (September 6) when participating in a bachelor party in the Paseo del Altillo in Almuñecar. Local Police reported that the man, originally from Cartama (Malaga),...Read More Fight in hospital ends up in court THE Provincial Court of Murcia has demanded three members of the same family pay a fine after they were involved in a fight at a hospital in Murcia. The events took place around a year ago in the Murcia...Read More Animal activist arrested at ‘correbou’ AN animal activist was arrested by Guardia Civil at a bull-running event (correbou) in Fornalutx. A group of 23 activists strapped themselves to each other in the town’s main street shortly after...Read More K9 animal rescue organisation needs homes and your help K9 is an animal rescue organisation which has operated in the Valencia Region for many years.   It is a fully legal, non-profit making organisation run by a dedicated team of volunteers who feel...Read More Criticism for Denia’s ‘big bang’ moment THE AUGC, an association representing Guardia Civil officers, highlighted irregularities during a controlled explosion last June. A Spanish Civil War mine found off La Marineta beach was blown up by...Read More Airport chaos as rainstorm hits Costa del Sol YELLOW alerts for Malaga Province have proved correct as the rain hit today (September 7) flooding roads and causing the airport to close the runway. As the road to the airport was closed to traffic...Read More A generous donation for a worthy cause THANKS to a €20,000 donation from Age Care Association, Cudeca is going to be able to install a new nurse call system. The funds, raised at Age Care’s charity shop, will enable Cudeca to replace...Read More Storm chaos at Palma Airport IT was a hectic weekend at Son Sant Joan Airport in Palma with more than 250 flights delayed for more than half an hour. On Friday, flights had to be diverted as the boarding areas and aprons were flooded,...Read More Summer’s a hit in Nerja NERJA’S summer is coming to an end, boasting healthy results. Hotel occupancy in Nerja has reached 96 per cent, national tourists being the main reason for the positive results, followed by visitors...Read More September means breast cancer prevention MORE than 1,300 women are to pay a visit in September to the mammography test mobile unit, which will be located next to Albox’s outpatients’ clinic. “With the knowledge we currently...Read More Chaos on the Almeria train line A NUMBER of train passengers arrived more than four hours late in Almeria after having boarded a high-speed TALGO train from Madrid. An initial incident occurred when a faulty rail, according to the...Read More Massive brawl leaves one dead in Los Alcázares A FIGHT between Romanies and North Africans at the doors of a nightclub in Los Alcázares in the early hours of Friday August 28, has left one man dead and two others seriously injured. A Romany...Read More Police officer in Torremolinos was saved by his bullet-proof vest A POLICE officer in Torremolinos was saved from serious injury last weekend by his bullet-proof vest when a young man tried to stab him in the stomach. A National Police patrol was called to a home in...Read More Campello’s Carrerlamar easy access beach said goodbye to summer with a fiesta Campello’s Carrerlamar easy access beach said goodbye to summer with a fiesta. Activities were organised throughout the summer for those with physical and psychological disabilities. From Monday...Read More 20 years for attempted murder of children A MAN, 51, who tried to poison his two children in Palma, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempted murder. The events took place in their home in February last year when his wife was sleeping. He...Read More Two men arrested for document forgery in Almuñecar TWO men, a 39-year-old from Morocco and 27-year-old with dual Dutch/Moroccan nationality, were arrested in Almuñecar and charged with a document forgery crime. The events took place on August...Read More Brussels prepares refugee proposal for EU countries THE European Commission will be asking Spain to take in another 14,931 refugees currently in Italy, Greece and Hungary over the next two years in an attempt to resolve the refugee crisis which has worsened...Read More   www.euroweeklynews.com | Facebook | Twitter

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